16 Facts About Chris Pitman

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Chris Pitman was born on November 16,1961 and is an American musician best known for his involvement with the hard rock band Guns N' Roses.

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Chris Pitman studied at the Art Institute of Kansas City and the University of Missouri.

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In 1993, Chris Pitman worked with the controversial artist Les Levine.

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In early 1998, Chris Pitman joined Guns N' Roses as the band's second keyboardist and second bass player as well as performing backing vocals and percussion.

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Chris Pitman was recommended to the band by Billy Howerdel, who was working with the band as an engineer at the time.

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Chris Pitman spent time writing with vocalist Axl Rose at Rose's house frequently.

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Chris Pitman was featured on the non-album single "Oh My God" in 1999, and on every song on the long-delayed sixth studio album Chinese Democracy.

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Chris Pitman co-wrote the songs "If the World" and "Madagascar" alongside Rose.

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Chris Pitman co-wrote an unreleased song which was performed live at Rock in Rio III entitled "Silkworms".

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Chris Pitman started performing live with Guns N' Roses in January 2001.

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Chris Pitman was one of the longest serving members of the band.

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Chris Pitman filled in for Tommy Stinson on bass in a 2007 show that Stinson was unable to attend.

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In February 2016, Chris Pitman made headlines for criticizing the upcoming Not In This Lifetime.

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Chris Pitman was replaced by Melissa Reese as the second keyboardist In March 2016, two weeks before the tour began.

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Chris Pitman has collaborated with a number of acts, as well as founding a number of experimental projects.

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Chris Pitman has done sound design and electronic work for Arturia software synthesizers, A Designs Audio [Peter Montessi], Waves Plugins, Waldorf Synthesizers, Apple's Logic Audio, Digidesign Plugins, Moog Synthesizers, Celemony's Melodyne, Ableton Live, Roland USA, Korg Music, Serge Synthesis, PlanB Synthesis Neuron Synthesis, Symbolic Sounds Kyma, Mandala Drums, Steven Slate Drums and Native Instruments.